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Details for: PI 554714,
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton, 'Suwannee'
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton
Cultivar:
'Suwannee'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
11 Jan 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton
Cultivar:
'Suwannee'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
11 Jan 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1930.
Florida, United States
Comment:
Discovered along the Suwannee River in the 1930's
Developer(s):
Bush, J.T.
Donated
11 January 1990.
Georgia, United States
Comment:
Received from Max Austin in Georgia to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):
Austin, Max, Coastal Plain Experiment Station
Accession Group(s)
Group name: VACCINIUM: Rabbiteye blueberries
Note:
Blueberries mostly composted of Vaccinium virgatum formerly known as V. ashei blueberry cultivars. Hexaploid.
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VACCINIUM: Rabbiteye blueberries
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Suwannee'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
J. T. Bush discovered this along the River
Bush, J.T.
CVAC 249
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number
Narrative
Origin along the Suwannee River in Georgia near the Georgia-Florida boundary line. Rabbiteye type, fruit smaller than Clara. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 187.
J. T. Bush discovered this along the River
NAMED FOR= Suwanee River, where it was discovered
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Cyanococcus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:
41068
Place of publication:
Hort. kew. 2:12. 1789
Verified:
06/10/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium amoenum
Aiton
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
rabbit-eye blueberry
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
southern black blueberry
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
swamp blueberry
1
Weakley, A. S.
2011.
Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
10 Jun 1992, from
Vaccinium ashei
J. M. Reade to
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton
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Pathogens
Elisa test
Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 249 .001 PL
Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 249 .001 PL
Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 249 .001 PL
Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 249 .001 PL
TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 14 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 249 .001 PL
Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 249 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Selection from wild V. ashei from Florida
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GENSTOCK
VACCINIUM CORE SUBSET
A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset
YES
VACCINIUM.CORE.1998
Not Available
STRESS
MAX MID-WINTER COLD HARDINESS
MID-WINTER HARDINESS,SUSTAINED MINIMUM LT50 IN DEGREES CELCIUS, OBSERVED IN BLUEBERRY CULTIVARS
-21.7
VACCINIUM.COLDHARDY.NEWJERSEY.2006
Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly Type
Marker
Value
Evaluation
Study Type
Inventory
MICROSATELLITE
CA23a
157:160:166
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 249 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
CA23a
157:160:166
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 249 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITE
GVC-C179a
212:221
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 249 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
GVC-C179a
212:221
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 249 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITE
KAN-262a
240:246:251
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 249 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
KAN-262a
240:246:251
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 249 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITE
NA172a
304:307
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 249 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
NA172a
304:307
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 249 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITE
Pr031818819a
313:321:323:325
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 249 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
Pr031818819a
313:321:323:325
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 249 .001_F PL